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KINGSPORT TIMES Wednesday March 17 1971 Wicks And Carr Chosen Top UPI All-Americans teams leading scorer He was by far the best guard in the country said one pro scout Carr was conceded to be the best guard in the country Wicks was regarded as the best forward He didnt score as much as Carr because of UCLAs more-balanced attack but he still managed to average 222 points per game and was the Bruins leading rebounder I doubt theres a big man in the country as quick as Sidney In my mind he was the best player in the nation was the comment of UCLA coach John Wooden Gilmore averaged 223 points per game in guiding Jacksonville to a 22-4 record but it was on defense and under the boards that he was most feared The big center led the nation in rebounding with an average of 232 per game and blocked the incredible total of 258 shots an average of almost 10 per game Roche was Mr Clutch for South Carolina for the third successive season A flashy ballhandler and fine outside shooter Roche led the gamecocks in scoring with a 223 average and in assists He also was among the nations leading free throw shooters with an 825 mark Meminger was the key man in leading Marquette to its first unbeaten season An adept dribbler and passer Meminger was called the greatest ballhandler ever" by his coach A1 McGuire Dean The Dream led the Warriors in scoring with a 213 average and was an outstanding defensive cog in Marquettes famed fullcourt press ByFREDMcMANE UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK UPI Austin Carr of Notre Dame and Sidney Wicks of UCLA the two most dominating forces in college basketball this season Tuesday were named to the 1970-71 United Press International All-America team by an overwhelming vote of sports writers and sportscasters from across the nation Carr a 6-foot-3 guard who only Monday was selected as UPIs Player of the Year and Wicks a 6-8 forward who was second in that balloting received 781 and 777 points respectively in the voting of 400 sports writers and sportscasters Voters were asked to choose a first and second team of five players each with two points awarded for a first team selection and one point for a second team mention The top 15 point-getteft comprise the three All-America squads A player could receive a maximum of 800 points Joining Carr and Wicks on the first team are 7-2 center Artis Gilmore of Jacksonville 6-3 guard John Roche of South Carolina and 60 guard Dean Meminger of Marquette All five players are seniors Jim McDaniels Western Kentuckys 7-foot center headed the second team which also consisted of Johnny Neumann of Mississippi Ken Durrett of LaSalle Howard Porter of Villanova and Curtis Rowe of UCLA Neumann a sophomore who was the nations leading scorer with a 401 average is the only underclassman on the second unit Another talented sophomore George McGinnis of Indiana was the leading vote-getter on the third team McGinnis who finished fourth in the nation in scoring was joined by junior Paul Westphal of Southern California junior Julius Erving of Massachusetts senior Charley Yelverton of Fordham and senior Dave Robisch of Kansas There were 24 players who received honorable mention which required a total of at least 12 points Meminger and McDaniels waged quite a battle for the No 5 spot on the first team Meminger received 445 points to 42 for McDaniels to secure a first team berth This years first team is not a very high-scoring unit in comparison with previous years but all five players are rated very highly by the pro scouts and possess at least one outstanding quality Carr is the only one of the five who finished among the top 20 in scoring The sharpshooting guard averaged 375 points per game during the regular season and last Saturday night pumped in 52 points against Texas Christian in an opening round NCAA game to become only the second collegian ever to score more than 1000 points in two seasons Carr was more than just a scorer however He also was a top defensive player who was usually assigned to cover the opposing AUSTIN CARR (L) AND SIDNEY WICKS chosen for UPI All-America team UPI All-America Team Gan Do It Really Second Team Jim McDaniels Western Ky Johnny Neumann Mississippi Ken Durrett LaSalle Howard Porter Viliai ova Curtis Rowe UCLA Honorable Mention 02 or more points) Fred Brown lowa Mike Casey Ken tucky Jim Chones Marquette Jim Cleamons Ohio State Charlie Davis Wake Forest jimmy England Tennessee Al Hornyak Ohio St Willie Humes Idaho St Collis Jones Notre Dame Dennis Layton Southern Calfiroma WUeLong New Mexico Stan usually content to feed Yelverton and Charles John Burik is the other guard and is a good ballhandler Villanova uses a good zone and Temple beat Fordham with a zone but Phelps isnt concerned with the Wildcats defense Weve been seeing a lot of zone lately and weve handled it Weve just got to keep doing what weve been doing all year What the Rams have been doing is utilizing a tenacious full court press that forces turnovers and makes up for their lack of height And they set up for the good shots on offense with a hustling offense They think itll work for two more games to get them to Houston said but weve just got to get the boards away from them Playing a major role of course will be Yelverton Hes the clubs top rebounder even though hes just 6-2 and Phelps said hell guard Villanovas second-team All-America Howard Porter Woytowicz the teams current starter at center has been alternating all year with 6-4 Tom Sullivan and 6-5 George Zambetti Woytowicz played well in Fordhams last two games and Phelps said "he deserves the start The other forward starter besides Yelverton is 6-3 sophomore forward Ken Charles whos the club second leading scorer Mainor one guard is a fine shooter but is Rams NEW YORK (UPI) The Fordham Rams really think they can do it 'We wouldnt be in the NCAA tourney if we didnt think we could win it Fordham coach Dick Digger Phelps said before the Rams left today for Raleigh where theyll meet Villanova Thursday night in the first round of the Eastern Regional If they win that game theyll meet the Penn-South Carolina winner at 2 pm Saturday for a berth in the national semifinals at Houston on March 25 I The kids have the confidence that they can win Phelps said they want to go to Houston Taking Fordham seriously is Wicks 5 EXHIBITION BASEBALL Third Team George McGinnis Indiana Paul Westphal Southern Cal Julius Erving Massachusetts Charley Yelverton Fordham Dave Robisch Kansas Love Oregon Cliff Meely Colorado John Mengelt Auburn Mike Newlm Utah Jim O'Brien Boston College Tom Parker Kentucky Tom Payne Kentucky Ron Riley Southern California Marv Roberts Utah St Willie Souiourner Weber St George Trapp Long Beach St Henry Wilmore Michigan Rich Yunkus Georgia Tech Sutton Downing (6) Hough (8) and Sudakis Cuellar Dukes (8) and Dalrymple Etchebarren (8) WP Cuellar LP Sutton HR Robinson at Fort MYERS Fla Montreal 301 000 002 10 0 Kansas City 010 003 000 4 9 1 Strohmayer O'Donoghue (6) Raymond (7) and Brand Drago Fitimorns (4) Wriqht (6) Morehead (8) and Martinez WP RaymondLP Morehead HR Mashore Oliver Patek at Bradenton Fla Chicago (A) 100 030 180 13 12 2 Pittsburgh 203 202 000 9 II 9 Wood Maqnuson (4) Mur hy (8) at Bradenton Fla Chicago (A) 100 030 180 13 12 2 Pittsburgh 203 202 000 9 II 9 Wood Maqnuson (4) Murphy (8) OReilly (9) and Egan Moose Cambria (S) Kiiiinqsworth (9) and Sands WP Maqnuson LP Cambria HR Spence 3) Skidmore Egan Zisk (2) Davahllo at Bradenton Fla Tokyo 020 000 000 2 1 Pittsburgh 200 000 04 10 1 Matsubera Wafanabe (2) Horiuchi (6) Niura (8) and Ano Yoshida (2) Mori (8 Walker Nelson (7) and May WP Nelson LP Horiuchi By United Press International at Lakeland Fla New York INL) 020 000 002 4 9 0 Detroit 020 00 02 10 14 0 McAndrew Williams (5) Folkers (7) and Dyer Gilbreth Saunders (3) Timmerman (8) and Freehan Lamont (B WP Saunders LP McAndrew HR Ctendonon Milner Stanley Jones at St Petersburg Fla Cincinnati 000 142 000 7 12 1 St Louis 032 000 SOx 10 3 2 Garrett Clonmger (3) Sprague (7) and Corraies Gibson Parker (6) Norman '8 and Simmons HR McRae Simmons Torre Cardenal WP Parker LP Sprague at Miami Fla Los Angeles 000 000 000 0 5 0 Baltimore 1010 100 Olx 3 8 1 Sutton Downing (6) Hough (8) and Sudakis Cuellar Dukes (8) and Dalrymple Etchebarren (8) WP Cuellar LP Sutton HR Robinson at Fort MYERS Fla Montreal 301 000 002 10 0 at Miami Fla Los Angeles 000 000 000 0 SO Baltimore 1010 100 Olx at Miami Fla Los Angeles 000 000 000 0 0 Baltimore OlOIOOOIs 311 Draft Techs Tanner All-Pac 8 Team your eyes something that most people have been doing only in the last few weeks but the Rams now 25-2 and ranked ninth in the final ratings have proved theyre for real Phelps an assistant at Penn last year took a team that was 10-15 and molded it into a club that lost only by one point to Temple and in overtime to Marquette And Charley Yelverton made third-team All-America even though he was an unknown outside of New York City at the start of the year Of course Fordham has had almost as much trouble winning recognition in New York City as it has had outside of town because local college Rowe average He also was fifth in field goal shooting free throw shooting and rebounds Westphal and Chenier are juniors the others all are seniors Seven players were named to the second team with four winning front line berths Ron Love May Ask For Bundle EUGENE Ore (UPI) Stan Love Oregons star 6-9 center who led the Pacific 8 in scoring this season said Tuesday he is thinking about asking for half a million dollars from the teams which pick him in the pro drafts Im thinking about $500000 for four years Love said $00 sports news that night with film of the world champion woodchopper who among other things broke balloons by throwing axes at them Fordhams game against Villanova will be shown on TV locally but on a one-hour delayed tape The Rams though will be in the spotlight if they make it to Houston for a possible rematch with Marquette and theyre ready for their latest challenge Phelps figures that rebounding is the key against the taller Villanova team since Fordhams tallest starter is 6-6 center Bart Woytowicz "They like to put the ball up because they think they can control both boards Phelps Chargers SAN DIEGO (UPI) The National Football League San Diego Chargers Tuesday signed ninth-round draft choice JohmhTanner of Tennessee Tech and free agent Frizell Cry of Jackson State A SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)-Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe who helped lead UCLA to its fifth straight Pacific 8 Conference title headed that circuits all-conference team announced today Wicks also named to the UPI All-America team today was the only unanimous choice of the eight league coaches taking part in the balloting He was one of three repeaters too the others being center Stan Love of Oregon the leagues highest scorer and Paul Westphal of Southern California Wicks and Rowe were picked as forwards Love as center and Westphal and Phil Chenier of California as guards Wicks finished fourth in the conference in scoring with a 206 average fourth in field goal shooting with a 523 average and fourth in rebounds with 122 per game Ix)ve led all scorers and for the second time with a fine 273 Think basketball teams usually arent in the spotlight Most of the top city athletes such as Iew Alcindor play college ball out of town Four college games were televised in New York City last Saturday two NCAA games the ACC final and the UCLA-USC game and three of the games featured starters who played either with or against Yelverton and Billy Mainor in high school But the Fordham rout of Furman in an NCAA first-round game wasnt shown on TV And only one of the citys seven TV stations bothered to send a film crew to show clips of the victory on the 11 pm news that night Meanwhile one of the stations featured its On Riley a junior from USC Steve Hawes a junior from Washington and Californias Jackie Ridgle a senior and Ansley Truitt a junior Freddie Boyd a junior from Oregon 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